Kathmandu, April 24
Home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa visited the residence of Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav on Tuesday, two days after an improvised explosive device went off near his compound in Hattiban, Lalitpur.
Minister Thapa, who was accompanied by Secretary Prem Kumar Rai and IGP Sarvendra Khanal, told Yadav that the government was committed to providing security to commission officials. He also directed police personnel deployed at Yadav’s residence to provide maximum security to the Chief Election Commissioner.
Police are yet to arrest the people involved in the explosion. Thapa said that police had reached closed to the perpetrators and they would be arrested soon.
